M143: Bust of Rembrandt (copy)

Object information

Artist REMBRANDT Executed in Leiden Support panel Medium oil Dimensions (cm) None × None Signed UNCLEAR Museum Private collection [inv.nr: 7] RKD RKD link

Data

Overview
Sample data

Description:

Preparatory layers 2 (W-LBr) Description 1. Chalk, a little lead white 2. Lead white, chalk, ochre, bone black

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Layer information:

(Counting from the support up towards the paint layers)

Layer 2:

Colour: Light brown

Composition: Lead white, chalk, ochre, bone black

Layer 1:

Colour: White

Composition: Calcium carbonate (chalk), lead white

Data information:

Reliability 2

Researchers

Fogg Art Museum, Karin Groen

Source

Groen, Karin M. “Grounds in Rembrandt’s Workshop and in Paintings by His Contemporaries.” In A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, IV:318–34. Dordrecht: Springer, 2005.